what happened to the old fashined 50s way of life?

reply to post by MindSpin

the poor women worked in the 50's....
some worked maybe because they wanted to alot worked because they had to.....

Originally posted by dawnstar
reply to post by MindSpin

 

the poor women worked in the 50's....
some worked maybe because they wanted to alot worked because they had to.....

Who is Rosie the Riveter?

Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II,[1][2] many of whom worked in the manufacturing plants that produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military.[3] The character is considered a feminist icon in the US.

Rosie the Riveter

It was essentially government fashioned social propaganda to get women to work the factories so all the men could be conscripted.

After the war was over however, this backfired.

Although real-life Rosie the Riveters took on male dominated trades during WWII, women were expected to return to their everyday housework once men returned from the war. Government campaigns targeting women were addressed solely at housewives, perhaps because already employed women would move to the higher-paid "essential" jobs on their own.[6] Propaganda was also directed at their husbands, many of whom were unwilling to support such jobs.[7] Most women opted to do this. Later many women returned to traditional work such as clerical or administration positions. However, some of these women continued working in the factories.

They tried to run counter propaganda to switch things up but it only had limited effects, what was done was done.

According to the Encyclopedia of American Economic History, "Rosie the Riveter" inspired a social movement that increased the number of working American women to 20 million by 1944, a 57% increase from 1940.

Also, I would recommend checking out some of the reports and theories about how the government used social issues like feminism to their favor in their ambition for power over all of us. I don't know, try something like ' cia feminism' in Google. Things like that.

reply to post by alysha.angel


I'm one of those guys who made sure I could provide for my family and wife, at least so we weren't cold and starving. I liked my wife to remain home. She liked it, too. No, it wasn't a control sort of thing on my part nor a laziness thing on her part. There's nothing lazy about providing a safe environment and love and nurturing to one's children for sure! We had children. We believed children should be raised by parents, not the state nor strangers in a day care. So we went without many luxuries for this. Now the children are long gone and they have their own kids. My wife works, now. Because she wants to. And I am in a position that I no longer have to work outside our home. So it's all cool. And those days when little grandchildren must be looked after, because of divorce, I am here to do the raising and caring and my daughters are quite happy to have me, the guy who raised them, raise their children if need be. They know I will be fair, and I will guide them properly, just like mom did years ago.

But, yeah, what is it with these cheating men who run from their responsibilities? Who the hell raised them to be that way is what I wanna know! I have zero respect for them and their parents!

reply to post by kyred


i wish knew, maybe its the cause of all of the single parents who raised crappy sons

uh..gee wally i dont know..bein a kid and all.
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